#funnily enough the symbol of her birth coven!

[vullcanica]

WHAT FORM WOULD YOUR DAEMON TAKE?

Perching bird

Your daemon would take the form of a perching bird! Those who have perching bird daemons are intelligent and like finding patterns, though unlike other bird daemons they are more chatty and social. They enjoy putting their inner thoughts into words and wearing their heart on their sleeves.

What perching bird is your daemon?

Blackbird

Your daemon would take the form of a blackbird! You are an alluring and knowledgable individual who knows how to play to their strengths. More so than others with perching bird daemons, those with blackbirds are at ease in a crowd and easily express their feelings. They appreciate new experiences and are highly competent and resourceful.

Tagged by: held at gunpoint by @aercnaut 💗

[lorenfinch]

OC Name Meaning Tag

Tagged by @writernopal; thank you so much! Gonna leave an open tag for this one. My elven names are pretty much all made up, so I won't be including any of them in this!

RENWICK: Old English name meaning "raven village". I picked it while looking at a list of goth-sounding names and I found myself coming back to that one and usually, if a name lingers in my mind, it's a good sign to try using it. Funnily enough, I picked his surname Crawford (meaning "crow ford") without considering the meaning of his first name, and accidentally ended up with a character named Corvid McCorvidson. Did I mention he's goth??? Anyway by the time I figured it out I already grew attached to the full name and anyone who thinks it's stupid can fight me /lighthearted. Also it's worth mentioning that he named himself after a character from an in-universe vampire novel. He is, in a way, literally one of those goths who named himself Raven.

STYX: From the River Styx in Greek mythology. I named her that deliberately because it sort of represents a barrier between the living and the dead. Without giving away too much, they're a person who can help you cross that barrier. In universe, Greek myth doesn't exist, but I imagine the name could derive from a Celestial deity--perhaps the deity of death, to keep the theme going.

VERIDA: A Spanish name meaning truth and bravery. At first I was considering calling her Dolores, which is a name meaning sorrow and perfectly on theme with the goth vibes of our main cast, but Encanto had just come out at the time and that was what I primarily associated the name with. Besides, Verida is anything but sorrowful!

AINSLEY: Directly translates to "one hermitage or meadow". Unintentional.

VINCE: Short for Vincent, derived from Latin word vincere meaning "to conquer". Unintentional; I picked the name because it sounded goth. Ironically, Vince ended up being one of my preppiest vampires, in terms of style.

BELLADONNA: Means "beautiful/fair lady" in Italian. I named her after the poisonous flower, and in universe she picked out the name for the same reason (Belladonna is not her birth name). The women of the Night Terrors are all named after flowers, and I imagine they picked them out together to form a sort of small vampire coven before meeting the rest and forming the Night Terrors. In Victorian flower language, the belladonna may mean a warning, or a symbol of death, which fits her quite well!

TANSY: Honestly this flower just popped into my head for a blonde vampire lady, but later I looked up the symbolism and it turns out tansy can symbolize immortality, as well as a declaration of war. Both of these fit quite well!

AMARYLLIS: Means strength, pride, and determination. Fits nicely! Also, apparently amaryllis flowers contain healing properties, which is a fun detail since Amaryllis herself is a witch and makes makeshift potions using her own venom (vampire venom is a valuable and powerful alchemical ingredient!) Also, apparently the name itself is a Greek name meaning "to sparkle"? Insert sparkling vampires joke (though truly I think she'd enjoy wearing glitter).

DAHLIA: One possible meaning is that of fresh starts and new beginnings. Perfect since, as a random tidbit, Dahlia was the one to start the flower name thing! She's also canon trans so <3333. The flower also symbolizes kindness, grace, elegance, inner strength, and change.

VLASTIMIR: Slavic name derived from elements meaning "rule, sovereignty" and "peace, world". Unintentional.

EIRIK: Norwegian form of Eric, meaning "ever ruler" and derived from Old Norse. Unintentional. I find it super ironic that both him and Vlastimir ended up with names meaning "ruler" when neither of them are rulers and one of the running themes of the Night Terrors is that they helped shape a major historical event but their involvement was largely forgotten by all accounts of it. Sure, some of them are known for other things, but mostly just short tales of them terrorizing a random village or something similar. Out of all of them, Aramour the summer elf is the only one mentioned in the historical accounts of the war itself, but only as a palace performer in the background. No mention of his vampirism or participation in the rebellion.

MIRKO: Diminutive of Miroslav, meaning "peace, world." Unintentional.

EMMERICK: A (sort of purposeful) misspelling of the German name Emmerich, derived from elements meaning "ruler, king" and possibly either "whole, great" or "unceasing, vigorous". Also unintentional, but...